Your past and future posts, photos, and stories are all friends-only. Only friends can click your profile or cover photo to see the full-sized versions. Profile and tag review are enabled to prevent people from adding tagged content to your profile. Most of the About section of your profile is only visible to friends.

Mobile app: Tap the three-line menu and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings. Then, go to Posts > Limit who can see past posts. Tap Limit Past Posts, and then tap it again to confirm. [3] X Research source Computer: Click the menu at the top-right and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings. Click Privacy, select Limit Past Posts, then click Limit Past Posts twice more to confirm.

Mobile app: Tap the three-line menu and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings. Then, go to Posts > Who can see your future posts? and select Friends. [4] X Research source To make future reels are private, tap the three-line menu and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings. Then, go to Posts > Who can see your future reels? and select Friends under “Reels default audience. " Computer: Click the menu at the top-right and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings. Click Privacy, click Edit next to Who can see your future posts? and choose Friends.

Tap the three-line menu and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings. Then, go to Posts > Who can see your future posts? and select Friends. [4] X Research source To make future reels are private, tap the three-line menu and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings. Then, go to Posts > Who can see your future reels? and select Friends under “Reels default audience. "

Go to your Facebook profile on your computer, phone, or tablet. Click or tap About and select Contact and Basic Info. Click or tap the pencil icon next to each bit of information, then set the privacy to Friends or Only me. Click or tap Save when you’re finished. [5] X Research source Unlike locking your profile, non-friends can still see your profile photo and cover photo at full size. This is one of the few differences between profile-locking and making these changes manually.

Mobile app: Tap the three-line menu and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings > Profile and Tagging. Set all options under “Viewing and Sharing” and “Tagging” to Friends, then turn both “Reviewing” options On. Computer: Click the menu at the top-right and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings > Privacy > Profile and tagging. Go through all options on the page and set them all to Friends, then switch the two “Reviewing” sliders to On.

Mobile app: Tap the three-line menu and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings > How People Find and Contact You > Who can send you friend requests? and choose Friends of friends. [7] X Research source Computer: Click the menu at the top-right and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings > Privacy. Click Edit next to Who can send you friend requests? and choose Friends of friends.

Mobile app: Tap the three-line menu and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings > How people find and contact you. Tap each option in the list, then choose Friends or Only me. To prevent people from finding your profile by Googling you, set the final option to No. Computer: Click the menu at the top-right and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings > Privacy. In the How people find and contact you section, set all possible options to Friends or Only me. To prevent people from finding your profile by Googling you, set the final option to No.